Golden Flake
Parent Utz Quality Foods | | |
| Website | Golden Flake Snack Foods | |
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Golden Flake Snack Foods is a producer of potato chips, tortilla chips, corn chips, cheese curls, fried pork skins, and other snack foods in the
History
The Golden Flake brand (originally known as Magic City Foods[2]) was established in the 1920s by Mose Lischkoff and Frank Mosher in a Birmingham, Alabama, grocery store basement.
In 1956, Sloan Bashinsky Sr bought Magic City Foods from his father and uncle. He changed the name to "Golden Flake" a year later and, in 1958 moved the production facility to its current 5-acre site. In 1963 he oversaw the acquisition of Don's Foods, a Nashville, Tennessee-based snack producer and distributor.
One of its most famous spokesmen was
On July 19, 2016, Golden Flake announced that it was being acquired by Utz for $12.00 per share in cash, representing a 71% premium over the average 30-day trading price of $7.00.[8]
References
- Decatur, AL. Associated Press. September 3, 2007. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ISBN 978-0299227708. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ "Golden Flake - Bhamwiki". www.bhamwiki.com. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ Poe, Ryan (July 18, 2013). "Rising costs take bite out of Golden Flake earnings". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- Sports Business Daily. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ISBN 978-1782790341. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ Nicholson, Gilbert (February 27, 2000). "'Great Pair' hoping to bring back 'The Bear'". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ Golden Enterprises, Inc. and Utz Quality Foods, Inc. announced that they entered into a definitive merger agreement GoldenFlake.com (Golden Enterprises's website) https://goldenflake.com/golden-enterprises-inc-utz-quality-foods-inc-announced-entered-definitive-merger-agreement/ Archived 2016-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 13, 2016.
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